[AccessD] AccessD never changes

Hi John:

I think you have hit on something...indirectly. 

As I see it the main problem for in many in this group is being able to get
up to speed in the new (and old) technologies. You providing an information
and subsequent venue in which to ask and comment will be a great help to so
many on the list.

Jim

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:46 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] AccessD never changes

Uhhh yep.  I think that a lot of what is going on is that the old guard
doesn't need a lot of help 
or is moving on or both.  AccessD built back in the day when this and
AccessL was it for support.  
That is no longer true.  We got accustomed to the list and the list way of
doing things and are 
comfortable with that.

The bigger issue is that no one has the desire to step up any more.  In 97
AccessD literally died.  
The old owner just abruptly shut it down one day.  A group of us stepped up
to reconstruct it and it 
has run more or less 'on its own' since.  We have officers and a BOD but ...
let's just say that 
things have gone so smoothly that we haven't had much need to take drastic
steps.  While I see 
occasional 'we need change' messages pass by, nobody feels so strongly that
they actually volunteer 
to spearhead the effort.

Unless that happens I don't see anything changing.  There needs to be an
overwhelming reason for 
change and a core group that wants the change in order for change to happen.
This is true in any 
context, whether it is music, politics, society or this list.  I don't see
the core group desiring 
the change to AccessD, and I certainly don't see a groundswell of effort to
define the needed change 
and effect that change.

I needed AccessD and it went away.  I helped reconstruct it.  My need for
AccessD is far far less 
now.  I have a ton of friends here but if it went away entirely I would
grieve and move on. 'Google 
is my friend' is my tech motto.

That said I think that AccessD still, to this day, does what it ever did as
well as it ever did.  It 
is still an awesome resource for Access knowledge.

I will support change to AccessD but don't look to me to spearhead the
change.  I have a life that 
sucks up most of my time and my need for change is small.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 2/20/2013 10:58 AM, Jim Dettman wrote:
>    The other thing is that AccessD has not changed in many, many, years
and
> the list format is limiting.   John just made the comment "We were going
to
> have a discussion about other forms that the list could you use instead of
> just a list. That hasn't happened but it may yet."
>   
>   May happen?  Like when?  Wasn't it months ago it was talked about?

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